Door, sash, and screen



Api-il 3, 1928. 1,665,024 c. F. GEscHlcK-rER f nooR, sAsH, AND 'scREENOriginal Filed Dec. 24, 1925 Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

CHARLES F. GESCHICKTER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

noon, sAsH, AND SCREEN.

Application filed December 24, 1925, Serial N'O. 77,652. Renewed August29, 1927.

sightly. In some instances screen doors arev mounted on separable springleaves h eld together by thereinovable pintle, and 1n this case one-halfof each hinge remains permanently on the door frame and presents aprojection beyond the face ot' the door rframe upon which one is likelyto tear their clothing.

The objections related above with reference to screen doors are alsopresent in connection with easement screens and window screens where itis desired that the screen swing on hinges for the purpose oi enablingone to clean the windows.

The object of my invention is to remove these objectionable features byproviding a hanging stile from which the swing member may be hung and towhich the swing meniber can be readily attached and detached without themeans of tools.

My invention consists, broadly speaking, of a hanging stile preferably Ushaped in cross section, in which are secured, preferably, two hooks,one near the bottom, and one near the top of the stile on which hooksthe door screen or the like is sustained in operative position. Myinvention con sistsiurther in providing hinges, one leatl or' which isprovided with a hook adapted to interengage with its corresponding hookin the hanging stile.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation (interrupted) of a trame door andhanging stile, the stile being in section embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view ot the top hinge detached.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of Figure 2.

Figure 5is a top plan view of the lower hinge.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the lower hinge.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a sectional view on the line 8--8, Figure 1.

The reference numeral 9 designates the door window or easement screen orany approved construction, and 10 the frame.

My improved hanging stile 11 is preferably U shaped in cross section,the arm 12 ot' the stile being longer than the arm 13 of the stile.v Thearin 1:2, as more clearly shown in Figure 8, functions as a stop for theswinging trame. The stile is provided with an upwardly extending hook14: near its upper end and with a hook 15 near its lower end, the hook15 projecting further toward the front of the stile than the hook 14 sothat the hook'15 is in a different vertical plane from the hook 111 asclearly shown in Figure 1. These hooks are preterably formed ot flatplate metal and extend substantially the full width of the hanging stileas clearly shown in Figure 8.

The hinges, according to my invention, have as usual, the two hingeleaves 16 and 17, the leaf 16 having screw holes 18 through which screwsare adapted to pass to secure the hinge to the door 9. The other leat117 ofthe hinge is impert'orated and is longer than the leaf 16, theexcess length being bent rearwardly as at 19 and then downwardly as at20 thereby forming a hook projected from the rear tace of the leaf 17which hook is adapted to interengage with and being suspended from thehooks 14 and 15 of the stile, and when in such position connecting thedoor and supporting it on the hanging stile `without tools and withoutthe intervention of screws.

The lower hinge 21 is of the saine construction as the upper hinge justdescribed with the exception that the bend 22 is much shorter than thebend 19 whereby the downward bend 23 is relatively'closer to its hingeleaf, the object of which is very apparent :from the assembled view ofFigure 1.

After the hanging stile 11 is in position, and the hinges secured to thedoor, the door may be hung from the hanging stile by simply passing thehooks of the hinges into the stile above the hooks and then permittingthe door to move downwardly to the position shown in Figure 1 whereuponthe hooks of the hinges are attached to and interengage with the hooks14 and 15 of the hanging stile whereupon the door is simply fastened anypurpose whatever fromthe hanging stile it is only necessary to swingmitoutwardly and then lift it vertically'untih the hooks of therhinges aredisengaged fromthe hooks 14 and 15 of the hanging stile ivhere-l upon`the door is free to be removed.

It Vwill be noted from Figure lut/hat the `hooks 14 and 15 are indifferentyertical planes so that in the case of a sliding screen l 15`the hook of the lower hinges is :free kto slide vertically past theupper hook 14.

I am aware that certain changes may be `.made in the details ofconstruction shown withoutl departing from the scope ,of the appendedclaims.

Vhat I claim is:

stile, one Vside member of Which is Vlonger Y than the other,jto`function as a blindV stop,

andr hinge 4engaging and sustaining hooks secured to and entirelypositioned Within said stile. y

'.AI hangingstile `of the character described comprising an elongatedbody substantially U shaped in cross section, and

3. A hanging stilevof the character describedcornprising an elongatedbody substantially Ulshapedin cross sectionVand hinge engaging andsustaining hooks `'secured Within said'body", one of said hooksprojecting `farther toward the front of the stile than 'the other. Y

scribed comprising anelongated body subr-V y ,stanti'ally Ushaped incross section, ai hook herein Within the scope of ymy .inventionyextending foiwardlyfrom the `rear of Athe zstileand VVupwardly', and a;second hook exi-y,

tendingffrom the rear lofthe stile a greater i y y Y .distance than the`first namedhookyboth of l. 'A hangingstlle for doors,` screens and,sash, comprising asubstant-ially U shapedv said' hooks 4extendingupwardly yand adapted to be'engagedy by. and sustain hinges. Intestimony whereof I aiix` my signature.

. CHARLES RcEscHioK'r-ER ,hinge `engagingand .sustaininggrhooks securedWithin said body and pos1t1oned in dlfferent' vertical planes.

